In response to the economic crisis and rising joblessness, Congress recently enacted an extension to the eligibility time frame for unemployment insurance benefits. If you have been laid off or otherwise think that you qualify for ...
Senate Extends Unemployment Insurance for Out-of-Work Americans. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, with the support of United States Senator Ken Salazar, the United States Senate passed the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 ...
WASHINGTON — No longer is unemployment somebody else’s problem. Chances are you know someone who has lost a job recently. Or you know somebody who knows somebody who has become unemployed through no fault of their own. ...
The rate increase and benefit reduction are driven by a formula intended to keep the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund solvent. The fund balance has declined from nearly $320 million in November 2007 to under $240 million at the end of ...
The Road To 60-- And Unemployment Insurance ... With Georgia's unemployment level rising to 7%-- the highest since 1992-- Chambliss, who didn't bother going to Washington to vote, claims he would have voted for the extension. ...
In most states, you're eligible for unemployment insurance only if you've lost a full-time job that you've had for quite a while. This leaves out just about everyone who's lost one or more part-time jobs. And also excludes any full-time ...
Economists are basing their gloomy forecasts in part on the uncomfortably high levels of first-time filings for state unemployment insurance benefits. These weekly initial jobless claims have vaulted over the half-million mark -- up ...
A Taste Of Things To Come: Far Right Senators Filibuster Extending Unemployment Insurance. Posted 3 days ago on DownWithTyranny! H.R. 6867, the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008, was introduced by Jim McDermott (D-WA) on ...
Category: US Senate Local Teaser (optional): With the release of the latest unemployment figures, US Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Lorain) issued a statement Friday touting his work in Washington to extend unemployment insurance.
A mass layoff announcement is considered when a company has 50 initial claims for unemployment insurance (UI) filed against them during a 5-week period. This is a leading indicator that things will get worse especially since we are in ...
